(1527-1528) Henry VIII imprisoned Pope Clement VII for disobedience. It was to Clement that Henry appealed for an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which had been granted under special dispensation in the first place.

English King Henry VIII secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn when she was already pregnant with the future Queen, Elizabeth I. She was 26 when married Henry VIII who was 42 and they had 3 children, Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Tudor, Duke of Cornwall and an unnamed baby.

Henry VIII was declared Supreme Head of the Church in England. He suppressed the monasteries and renounced papal jurisdiction. He issued the Act of Supremacy which signified a break with the Catholic Church of Rome.

Thomas More's sentence to death by hanging was commuted to beheading. Thomas More was beheaded in England for treason, for refusing to renounce the Catholic church in favor of King Henry VIII's Church of England.

Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded on Tower Green after she was convicted of adultery and incest with her brother, Lord Rochford, who was executed two days before. It was the day before Henry VIII's marriage to Jane Seymour.

The Six Articles, a religious stature, was passed at the 'instance' of Henry VIII. It set forth the position of the English Church on six fundamental points in an effort to stem the growth and influence of the English Protestants.

Francis, the king of France, and Charles V of Austria signed a peace treaty in Crespy, France, ending a 20-year war. The Peace of Crespy ended the fighting between Charles V and Francis I. Henry VIII was not consulted. France surrendered much territory and Charles gave up his claim to Burgundy.

A French fleet entered The Solent in England, and French troops landed on the Isle of Wight. The Mary Rose, pride of England's fleet, capsized with heavy loss in Portsmouth harbor. King Henry VIII of England watched his flagship, Mary Rose, capsize as it left to battle the French.

An inventory of the possessions of King Henry VIII was begun under Edward VI, Henry's son and successor. It took three years to complete. His total wealth amounted to some 600,000 pounds. A commoner's daily wage at this time was about two and one-half pence.

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, issued the 'Book of Common Prayer'. Other prayer books were forbidden by the Act of Uniformity. The book was mandated by the government under Edward VI, son of Henry VIII, so that services could be spoken in the language of the people.

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